Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, February 1980
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 1980 1-Month |
1.74" (44.20mm) | 1.09" (27.69mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1970 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1903 | ||||
| Ties: 1962 | ||||||
|
Jan–Feb 1980 2-Month |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 2.15" (54.61mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1980 | ||||
|
Dec 1979–Feb 1980 3-Month |
5.01" (127.25mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
1.79" (45.46mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1981 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2008 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Feb 1980 4-Month |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 4.29" (108.97mm) |
2.17" (55.11mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1904 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
|
Oct 1979–Feb 1980 5-Month |
7.62" (193.55mm) | 5.63" (143.00mm) |
1.99" (50.55mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1909 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Sep 1979–Feb 1980 6-Month |
8.15" (207.01mm) | 7.05" (179.07mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1981 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Feb 1980 7-Month |
10.49" (266.45mm) | 9.07" (230.38mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1979–Feb 1980 8-Month |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 11.16" (283.46mm) |
1.03" (26.17mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1979–Feb 1980 9-Month |
13.99" (355.35mm) | 12.71" (322.83mm) |
1.28" (32.52mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1981 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1979–Feb 1980 10-Month |
17.03" (432.56mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1942 | ||||
|
Apr 1979–Feb 1980 11-Month |
18.17" (461.52mm) | 16.61" (421.89mm) |
1.56" (39.63mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2021 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1942 | ||||
|
Mar 1979–Feb 1980 12-Month |
20.60" (523.24mm) | 18.11" (459.99mm) |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1935 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1942 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Feb 1980 18-Month |
28.70" (728.98mm) | 25.17" (639.32mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2003 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1942 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Feb 1980 24-Month |
38.67" (982.22mm) | 36.16" (918.46mm) |
2.51" (63.76mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2003 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1943 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Feb 1980 36-Month |
55.87" (1,419.10mm) | 54.20" (1,376.68mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1998 | ||||
|
Mar 1976–Feb 1980 48-Month |
69.76" (1,771.90mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
-2.47" (-62.74mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1935 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1987 | ||||
|
Mar 1975–Feb 1980 60-Month |
85.86" (2,180.84mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
-4.38" (-111.26mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1987 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/